New Song: "Here Comes the Shock"

[MillenniumFan]

36 minutes ago, Macys said:

I’ve been listening to sum41 recently. What do you guys think about their new album order in decline? I think it’s the best album of 2020

Maybe better suited for:

 

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

Being this excited for coke is risking a heart attack at this age.

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

1 hour ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

I was sure it was shot because it was for the NHL.
Here Come The Shot. Yeah make sense in hockey.

Exactly what I thought 

[lukastjimmy]

1 hour ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

Yeah I'm really happy that Deryck found a way to write good song without being on the edge of the death like in Screaming Bloody Murder lol (my favorite album by far)
Green Day should stop writing about coke and partying. It would be good for them.

Sum 41 is what green Day needs to be. Last 2 albums are amazing and they did actually evolve in sound and are keeping it fresh and mature. Also, the screaming bloody murder thing is more akin to them IMO

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

16 hours ago, greendepent said:

Oh, it has claps buried on the mix, for clap lovers

I was literally just about to give my review:

”Well at least it doesn’t have hand claps.”

... now I really have nothing to say. 

[Montclare]

2 hours ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

I was sure it was shot because it was for the NHL.
Here Come The Shot. Yeah make sense in hockey.

Good point.  It also would have worked as a Longshot song, like announcing them.

[Christian's Inferno!]

2 hours ago, Macys said:

I’ve been listening to sum41 recently. What do you guys think about their new album order in decline? I think it’s the best album of 2020

That album wasn't even released in 2020. It was released July 2019

[PursuitOfEpicness]

I have concluded this would be an alright song if it was 1 minute 

[Christian's Inferno!]

Just now, PursuitOfEpicness said:

I have concluded this would be an alright song if it was 1 minute 

So you mean if they got rid of the chorus?

[PursuitOfEpicness]

2 minutes ago, Christian's Inferno! said:

So you mean if they got rid of the chorus?

i mean if they got rid of repeating the chorus 20 times at the end

[pacejunkie punk]

I have to believe that Green Day didn’t intend to give a great song to the NHL, they’d keep it for themselves. They know just how good this had to be to fit the bill and no more. I’m always complaining they throw away their best songs but here’s an example where I think they deliberately held back. 

Just now, PursuitOfEpicness said:

i mean if they got rid of repeating the chorus 20 times at the end

Again listen to Helter Skelter. It repeats the same line and goes on and on musically at the end until it ends with a shout from the drummer just like this does.  Helter Skelter is a great song. Sometimes you can’t judge a song by it’s bare elements like that because two songs that do the same thing can be vastly different in quality.  But Idk like I said this is as good as it needs to be and no more. 

[PursuitOfEpicness]

5 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Again listen to Helter Skelter. It repeats the same line and goes on and on musically at the end until it ends with a shout from the drummer just like this does.  Helter Skelter is a great song. Sometimes you can’t judge a song by it’s bare elements like that because two songs that do the same thing can be vastly different in quality.  But Idk like I said this is as good as it needs to be and no more. 

I think you have a great point and just because a song repeats itself doesn't mean it's bad, I love Know Your Enemy it's just this song doesn't keep my attention near the end, it just loses me completely. 

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

6 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I have to believe that Green Day didn’t intend to give a great song to the NHL, they’d keep it for themselves. They know just how good this had to be to fit the bill and no more. I’m always complaining they throw away their best songs but here’s an example where I think they deliberately held back. 

I think so too, but I’m not sure what’s the point of doing that when NHL could give a lot of exposure to a strong track

[PursuitOfEpicness]

Like I said the song does its purpose for a sport on tv It's just kind of forgettable otherwise for me

[pacejunkie punk]

2 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said:

I think so too, but I’m not sure what’s the point of doing that when NHL could give a lot of exposure to a strong track

Turns out they were right, the exposure was crap. A delayed daytime game with no on screen introduction played behind a noisy highlight reel for a minute? Yeah, use a throwaway song. Even if the game hadn’t been delayed, this was barely promotion, this was a license. They already made their money when they struck the deal.  Now FRA was a little more hyped with the video intro on Wednesdays but still a license nonetheless and the song had to be short, loud and fast for hockey clips. 

[legendary]

Song isn't that bad when you hear without the music video. 

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

Just now, pacejunkie punk said:

Turns out they were right, the exposure was crap. A delayed daytime game with no on screen introduction played behind a noisy highlight reel for a minute? Yeah, use a throwaway song. Even if the game hadn’t been delayed, this was barely promotion, this was a license. They already made their money when they struck the deal.  Now FRA was a little more hyped with the video intro on Wednesdays but still a license nonetheless and the song had to be short, loud and fast for hockey clips. 

Makes me wonder how much they got that these terms were acceptable.

6 minutes ago, legendary said:

Song isn't that bad when you hear without the music video. 

Thinking about the video and the NHL deal... they should have used some footage of San Jose Sharks scoring.

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

11 minutes ago, legendary said:

Song isn't that bad when you hear without the music video. 

Yeah, the music “video” was really jarring. I need to give it another few listens without it.

If the lady who is featured really does do these aerobics lessons as a YouTube channel I think it’s really cool that they gave her some exposure, and it does seem fun as a real exercise routine. But it just didn’t translate well at all for this format. It made me want to listen to the song less, which is the opposite of what music videos are supposed to do. 

[suffoKate]

 

On 2/20/2021 at 6:08 PM, Major Kusanagi said:

Here Comes The Shark 

[Macys]

1 hour ago, Christian's Inferno! said:

That album wasn't even released in 2020. It was released July 2019

Well yeah but just like foam their album feels 2020-ish to me. But yeah the best album of 19

[Leni.]

21 hours ago, BillieMyLove said:

Exactly. This is supposed to be a place to escape from all the B.S. in the world. Let's just enjoy the little bright spots we have. Thanks for being nice.

I am sad now though because the video you posted says it is not available in my country LOL.

  

18 hours ago, That Dude said:

What was the video?  It's been taken down now.   You're welcome.   I've been reading about Annie Get Your Gun and the punk rock aerobic lady.  

 

The video was a song by Gene Vincent called Be-Bop-A-Lula  I was just curious what the lyrics in HCTS are, so I googled Be-Bop-A-Lula and found this great song  

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Ellen Caulfield said:

The video was a song by Gene Vincent called Be-Bop-A-Lula  I was just curious what the lyrics in HCTS are, so I googled Be-Bop-A-Lula and found this great song  

Ah, yes, I did know about that song and got the reference. It seems they reference a number of historical things in the song. The lyrics may not be as lame as what we think (I also can't understand half of them LOL). 

[Clockwise]

For the kind of rock n' roll, rebellious youth vibe they're going for here it could be a lot worse! The Bowie reference in the bridge makes me very happy.

[Guest]

So I tracked down the lyrics and while I don't quite get all the references yet, there is definitely a lot of familiar-sounding stuff here. I think they are trying to pay some tribute and also make some points, and I think there may be some ironic elements here too. I don't think we can just write this off as "Look, they are lazy and just keep saying the same things over and over."

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/herecomestheshock.html

[LaughingClock]

On 2/20/2021 at 3:58 PM, Matt. said:

What’s the alternative?

What is the truth. (Missing question mark not forgotten).

4 minutes ago, BillieMyLove said:

So I tracked down the lyrics and while I don't quite get all the references yet, there is definitely a lot of familiar-sounding stuff here. I think they are trying to pay some tribute and also make some points, and I think there may be some ironic elements here too. I don't think we can just right this off as "Look, they are lazy and just keep saying the same things over and over."

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/herecomestheshock.html

Don’t need to track down the lyrics. Just clock lyrics on Apple Music or Amazon Music. Either way, your point is fairly on. It’s a call to arms. They literally say “this isn’t rock n roll this is genocide”. They need to sell records but they are making their own choices now. WB alone would never have allowed this to be the first release but in the scheme of anger raging inside of Billie, it doesn’t matter. He truly wants a revolution.